Number issued in Russia in mortgage loans over the next 2-3 years should be brought up to 1 million, said Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference in the Kremlin on Thursday.
To date, he said, the number of such loans is about 40 thousand
President noted that the measures aimed at resolving the country's housing problem, there are medium-term program of socio-economic development of the Russian Federation , 22 December a draft of which was considered by the Russian government.
"It refers to the development of mortgage system, that is, in fact, we are talking about solving the housing problem, which is forever" hung "in the Soviet Union and continues to trouble us. If you look at today's figures then, in my opinion, only 40 thousand on the mortgage loans issued this year. The challenge is in the very near future, 2-3 years, to bring up to 1 million the number of mortgage loans. This is solvable problem " - stressed the Head of State.